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PATENTED MAR. 15, 19.04.

No. 754,724.v

L. VAN PUTTEN.l

PUZZLE. LPPLIOA'HON FILED 0012.12, 1903.

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Patented March 15, 1904.

LEONARD vAN PUTTEN, OE HOLLAND, MICHIGAN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 754,724, dated March15, 1904. Application led October 12, 1903. A.Serial No. 176,688. (Nomodel.)

Beit known that I, LEONARD VAN PUTTEN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Holland, in the'county of Ottawa and State ofMichigan, have invented a new and Improved Puzzle, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and eXact description. j

The invention relates to games and toys; and its object is to provide anew and improved puzzle which is simple and durable in construction,cheap to manufacture, and provided with revoluble picture blocks to be'brought in such relative position to each other by the operator that thepictures will forml completel sets of pictures.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will-be more fully described hereinafter and then pointedout in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure l is a perspective view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of the same, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged transversesection of the same on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

On one end of a spindle A is fixed a knob or handle B, and on the otherend of the said spindle is mounted to rotate looselya knob or handle C.On the spindle A, between the said knobs B and C, are arranged aplurality of blocks D, D', D2, and D3, preferably in the shape ofrollers, provided on their peripheral faces with letters, pictures,figures, and like legends arranged in such a manner that when the blocksare brought in a predetermined longitudinal alinement with each otherthen the said legends, say, spell a word or form a set of pictures orthe like.

The blocks D, D', D2, and D3 are spaced from each other, and the endblocks are spaced from the knobs B and C by suitable washers E, held onthe spindle A, and the opposite faces of the said blocks are providedwith projections or pins F, adapted to abut one against the other, sothat when one block is turned and itsv projection engages the projectionon the next` adjacent block then the latter turns with the first block.The knob C is also provided on its inner face with such a projection Fto engage the projection on the outer face of the first block D.

Now in order to bring the blocks D, D',VD2, and D3 into proper alinementwith each other for forming words or sets of pictures and the like theoperator takes hold with one hand of the fixed knob B and with the otherhand turns the knob C to rotate the first block D, which in turn rotatesthe block D', capable of turning the other block D2, the latter beingcapable of turning the block D3. By this arrangement the several blockscan be turned forwardor backward, according to the direction in whichthe knob C is turned, to permit the operator to finallyA bring theseveral blocks into the desired relation with each other. l Y

` The device is very simple and durable in construction, cheap tomanufacture, and arranged to require considerable skill on the part ofthe operator to properly solve the puzzle. e l

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. A puzzle comprising a spindle provided on one endwith a Xed knob and at the other end with a knob mounted to turn looselyon the spindle, blocks mounted to turn loosely .on the spindle, betweenthe knobs, and projections on opposite faces of adjacent blocks and thesaid loose knob, as set forth.

2. lA puzzle comprising a spindle provided on one end with a fixed knoband at the other rend with a knob mounted to turn loosely on

